Get missing month from timestamp Interval

Question

I am receiving time in seconds from server and then i am converting tjose seconds into month using this code:

NSDateFormatter * dateFormatter=[[[NSDateFormatte         


        

Answer 1

You can compare for the difference between two dates as timestamps

NSDateFormatter * dateFormatter=[[[NSDateFormatter alloc]init]autorelease];
dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MMM"];
NSString* monthName = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:newTimestamp]]

NSTimeInterval month = 60.0 * 60.0 * 24.0 * 31.0; //seconds * minutes * hours * days ~ month
NSTimeInterval tempTimestamp = oldTimestamp;
while(tempTimestamp - newTimestamp) > month){
    //more than a month difference -> add a month
    NSString* tempMonthName = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:tempTimestamp]];
    if(![monthName isEqualTo:newMonthName]){
        //do whatever you need with the additional month name...
    }
    tempTimestamp += month;
}

Hope it will help.

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